Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais |
  | 1-0 | 49 | 1834 | La Bourdonnais - McDonnell 3rd Casual Match | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
2. E Williams vs H A Kennedy |
 | 0-1 | 31 | 1846 | London m | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
3. G Spreckley vs E Williams |
| 1-0 | 35 | 1846 | Casual game | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
4. Harrwitz vs Lowenthal |
  | ½-½ | 65 | 1853 | Harrwitz - Lowenthal | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
5. Burn vs A van Foreest |
 | 1-0 | 48 | 1889 | Amsterdam | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
6. Showalter vs H Helms |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1895 | Brooklyn CC Championship 1895/96 | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
7. P H Dyke vs E Lawton |
| 1-0 | 17 | 1895 | 23rd Oxford - Cambridge Varsity m | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
8. J D Elwell vs S Ruth |
| ½-½ | 53 | 1895 | Brooklyn CC Championship 1895/96 | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
9. N van Lennep vs W M Gattie |
  | 1-0 | 35 | 1896 | City of London CC - St George's CC m | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
10. Fles vs Lasker |
| 0-1 | 34 | 1896 | Simul, 25b | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
11. Steinitz vs Lipschutz |
| ½-½ | 67 | 1897 | Thousand Islands playoff | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
12. Burn vs A Dod |
| 1-0 | 49 | 1898 | Craigside Amateur Congress | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
13. W E Napier vs A S Everett |
| 1-0 | 26 | 1898 | Brooklyn CC Championship 1897/98 | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
14. Schlechter vs Janowski |
 | 1-0 | 30 | 1898 | 11th DSB Congress, Cologne | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
15. Showalter vs Janowski |
| ½-½ | 44 | 1898 | Janowski - Showalter, 1st Match | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
16. Showalter vs Janowski |
| ½-½ | 46 | 1898 | Janowski - Showalter, 1st Match | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
17. Showalter vs Janowski |
| 1-0 | 39 | 1898 | Janowski - Showalter, 1st Match | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
18. Burn vs B D Wilmot |
| 1-0 | 24 | 1899 | Craigside Amateur Congress | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
19. Lasker vs J Mieses |
  | 1-0 | 29 | 1900 | Paris | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
20. Burn vs Lasker |
  | 0-1 | 44 | 1900 | Paris | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
21. Showalter vs G Marco |
 | 0-1 | 46 | 1900 | Paris | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
22. Burn vs Mason |
 | ½-½ | 76 | 1900 | Paris | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
23. J Berger vs Burn |
 | 0-1 | 50 | 1900 | 12th DSB Congress, Munich | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
24. D Bleijkmans vs R Loman |
| 0-1 | 27 | 1902 | DSB-13.Kongress Hauptturnier A | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
25. Mason vs Schlechter |
 | 0-1 | 45 | 1902 | Monte Carlo | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |